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Carregando... Necropolisde Avtar Singh
   Nenhum(a) Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro.  jennybeast | Apr 14, 2022 |    Esta resenha foi escrita no âmbito dos Primeiros Resenhistas do LibraryThing.For some reason it always seems that MOST books people receive as free review copies get excellent reviews…even if they aren’t so excellent. I’m not sure if this is because people feel they “owe” something for the free book or what. That's not me... Anyways: This novel is an easy read. This is not a complement unless you just want something to read to pass the time on the plane/train and then toss it in the trash not really caring if you every finish it. It is a very liner story with no surprises, no twists and no REAL crime solving/detective work involved. I’ll try not to give away too much and ruin the very thin/weak story line. Basically there is a deputy commissioner of police, his assistant and another “up and coming police officer” who run around (and get made fools of a lot) trying to solve a few crimes in a corrupt political environment (this novel is set in India but this type of story could take place in any number of countries around the world). It was almost like watching the news about a few mildly interesting crimes that eventually got solved but the author decided to throw in some sex and vampires (ooohhhh) in hopes of spicing up a dull piece of fiction. The criminals were basically handed to the deputy commissioner by one main character and many minor ones. He kept getting messages similar to this: “Oh my nephew knows who did this”…or “If you would have asked sooner, I would have told you who the criminal was. Come to my house tonight and I will give him to you…” I am fairly certain that the author modeled the main character around what he himself would like to be and was trying to live vicariously through him…always praising the main character for his “cool under fire”, the way all the women wanted him, etc, etc. It was like listening to someone brag about themselves only all of it was lies. I felt like I was reading a cheap imitation of a James Church “Inspector O” novel (set in North Korea) except unlike Church’s main character (Inspector O), Singh’s main character (can’t even recall his name at this point) was thin and shallow. Overall – 2 STARS. (  ) Disco_grinch | Oct 9, 2016 | Esta resenha foi escrita no âmbito dos Primeiros Resenhistas do LibraryThing. Storeetllr | Sep 11, 2016 | Esta resenha foi escrita no âmbito dos Primeiros Resenhistas do LibraryThing.Anyway, we have a story of a detictive, Sajan Dayal, who is following the mystery of someone who is cutting off fingers. With a junior detective, Smita, by his side. Dayal isn't exactly a dirty cop. But he isn't clean either. Its a world that is half new, half old, and corruption runs rampant. Smita is probably the only completely clean cop in this book - and she is fairly innocent. Along the way, Dayal meets a women who some claim to be immortal - a vampire. She seems to be involved somehow, but at the same time, off to side, observing. Her neighbors seem to afraid of her, and of course a relationship between Dayal and Raiza form. I especially like the setting - Delhi is another character and the most important one. Generally, I found the character to be dry, a bit characteristic. The story was mostly unforgettable- the author spent too much time on getting the setting right, that the larger story of the detective was not that good. Overall, there are better stories of this sort out there. (  ) TheDivineOomba | Sep 10, 2016 | Esta resenha foi escrita no âmbito dos Primeiros Resenhistas do LibraryThing.We're led through five cases, 'Summer Games,' 'Girl Stories,' 'Compromise,' 'Children in Spring,' and 'Necropolis'. When I was young I first read The Burning Court by John Dickson Carr. I forced myself to put it down about one or two a.m., but couldn't sleep. I turned the light back on and read the rest, even though it must have been four a.m. when I finished. Was Marie Stevens really a notorious poisoner who was executed in the 19th century or were there rational explanations for the strange things happening? Mr. Singh's Razia is as mysterious as Marie. We are offered a rational explanation and a supernatural one. Which is true? ( ) JalenV | Aug 9, 2016 | sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
"Someone is cutting off victims' fingers in New Delhi and vampires and lycans are suspects in this ambitious mix of detection and the supernatural from Singh." --Publishers Weekly "Sajan Dayal, a Delhi detective, pursues a serial (though nonlethal) collector of human fingers. Dayal's team encounters would-be vampires and werewolves, plus a woman named Razia who may or may not be centuries old." --Publishers Weekly, Spring 2016 Announcements "An intriguing mix of history, myth and the realities of contemporary New Delhi...Astonishing and satisfying." --Reviewing the Evidence "Superbly gothic...The novel is a compelling one and certain to be a great addition to courses on detective fiction and noir, especially given its focus on a city that has not necessarily or traditionally been attached to mystery and mayhem. Singh is giving places like Los Angeles and San Francisco a run for their money in this re-envisioning of the urban noir." --Asian American Literature Fans "Necropolis is a ravishing beauty of prose that is as sumptuous as it is gripping...Imagine a cocktail of V.S. Naipaul, Agatha Christie, Elmore Leonard, and E.M. Forster, and you have the essence of this haunting and ferociously charming novel." --Ken Bruen, author ofGreen Hell "I tore thoughNecropolis with great pleasure and a fair measure of unease. It's a grisly, wonderfully written novel that interweaves disparate genres and styles into a whole that satisfies thoroughly. As fine a crime novel as I've read in the last year." --Scott Phillips, author ofThe Ice Harvest "Avtar Singh'sNecropolis is an ode to ancient, medieval, and Old Delhi, a romantic ballad that cuts across time, if not place, and melds features of classic detective fiction with those of the hard-boiled and roman noir in a style that is exquisitely the author's." --Sumana Mukherjee,Mint Necropolis follows Sajan Dayal, a detective in pursuit of a serial (though nonlethal) collector of fingers. He encounters would-be vampires and werewolves, and a woman named Razia who may or may not be centuries old. Guided by Singh's gorgeous and masterful writing, the novel peels back layers of a city in thrall to its past, hostage to its present, and bitterly divided as to its future. Delhi went from being an imperial capital to provincial backwater in a few centuries: the journey back to explodingcommercial metropolis has been compressed into a fewdecades. Combining elements of crime, fantasy, and noir,Necropolis tackles the questions of origin, ownership, and class that such a revolution inevitably raises. The world of Delhi, the sweep of its history--its grandeur, grimness, and criminality--all of it comes alive inNecropolis. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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 Google Books — Carregando...GênerosClassificação decimal de Dewey (CDD)808.83872Literature By Topic Rhetoric and anthologies Anthologies & Collections Fiction Genre fiction Adventure fiction Mystery and suspenseClassificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos E.U.A. (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia: (3.82)
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Because it is all of those things, it is not really to my taste -- I found the drifting, nonlinear storytelling to be intriguing, but not satisfying. (